Mercer County commissioners unanimously approved changing the zoning of a lakefront property from special parks to residential on Thursday, the next step required for the development of a new condominium project.

Expect to dole out more cash for traveling expenses this year than last holiday season.

It comes as no surprise to most Americans that gasoline prices are up from last Christmas - about 65 cents higher per gallon - across the country.

NEW BREMEN - Christmas came early for Terry and Carol Dick, but the special gift from their family needed no colorful wrapping paper or festive bows.

WAPAKONETA - The new Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) is on site and awaiting installation at the Auglaize County Neil Armstrong Airport.

It was a cold and gray evening but a couple hundred rolls of Scotch tape was all it took to break the chill and warm the hearts of Christmas shoppers in St. Marys on Tuesday. [More]

WAPAKONETA - In one of the first tests of local swimming supremacy, Celina showed its mettle while Coldwater showed a lot of improvement.

Celina swept the meet featuring Coldwater, St. Marys, Wapakoneta, St. Henry and Parkway at the Wapakoneta YMCA on Thursday evening. [More]

VAN WERT - It wasn't exactly a thing of beauty, but the Celina Bulldogs girls basketball team did enough at both ends of the floor to pick up a big Western Buckeye League win hitting the road and defeating the Van Wert Cougars, 48-34, Thursday night at Van Wert High School.

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Versailles improves to 9-0 on the season with a 63-47 win at St. Henry on Thursday, raising its Midwest Athletic Conference record to 4-0.